Macdonalds have offended the Muslim by bringing back the PIG Doreamon

[RonRon]

the backbone of McDonald's™ relationship with you. You tell us, we listen.

We are doing our best to make things right. And as you have requested, we will bring in the Doraemon 'pig' lucky charm to complete your collection in mid-April owing to production schedu

 

[cooleo]

McDonalds shud really fire the clown who suggested pulling the pig toy out in first place.

PULL OUT PIG TOY: Offended majority of Singaporeans who are Chinese. Even...even Ah Neh DU LAN!

 

[Char_Azn]

The best part is in the end even the local muslims also du lan. They du lan McD's thinking they are petty pple who can be bothered with such minor issue

 

[po2wq]

Macdonalds have offended the Muslim by bringing back the PIG Doreamon ...

mclonald iz simply stoopig enuff 2 listen 2 ppl's opinion ... dey shud remov ze root prob ... throw away all existing toys ... n declare dat since u all burgers so fussy, fr now uintil 4ever oso no mor toys 2 u fr mclonald! ...

 

[diversifyx2]

who cares................

 

[Brightkid]

MacDonalds really painted themself into a 'damn if you do and damn too if you don't' situation.

Very likely is a FT that make the PR-suicide decision to take out the piggy without fully understanding the idealogy around the various customs here.

 

[myfoot123]

Any source that they intend to remedy their mistakes? Sorry I did not buy shit times so not sure it is true,

It will be smart if they end where they started, just like the 12 zodiac that started with the rat and should equally end with the pig and not some silly cupid.

 

[Dmode101]

what do you expect from a food company that makes "100% beef patty".

In US law that means ANY part of the meat excluding the lungs which is against the law.

scrotum you say? you fucking bet. eat enough shit reside and soon enough u become one.

well your stupid wife and happy clap kids are being manipulated by their advertising sorcery for years...why you guys rather spend your time here bitching about mytical crap and racist driven topics instead of saving your family, ...I pity the fool!

 

[VIBGYOR]

Singaporeans are so easily distracted nowadays even over such silly toys!

 

[DrPanacea]

MacDonalds really painted themself into a 'damn if you do and damn too if you don't' situation.

Very likely is a FT that make the PR-suicide decision to take out the piggy without fully understanding the idealogy around the various customs here.

Just like the FT ex-CEO of DBS who closed down all small accounts in POSB.
What bank does he expect the ordinary folks and school children to put their little savings?
Another pig brain FT who doesn't understand the local context.

 

[RonRon]

MCDONALD'S apologised to Singapore on Friday and brought a pig back to its toy menu, after a decision to leave the animal out of its Chinese zodiac collection upset many in the predominantly ethnic Chinese nation.

McDonald's this month started selling cartoon character miniatures depicting the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac calendar, but the pig was replaced by love god Cupid as McDonald's said it did not want to offend Muslims.

But the move, just ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday and Valentine's Day in February, backfired as many Chinese customers complained in chatrooms and blogs that they would not have a chance to buy the animal sign of their birth year.

'We're sorry, and we're grateful,' the fast food chain said in a half-page advertisement in the Straits Times newspaper, saying it never intended to offend anyone.

'I understand that we need to respect our Muslim citizens as Singapore is a multiracial and multicultural society,' Ms Pauline Koh, whose daughter was born in the Year of Pig, wrote to the Straits Times. 'However, in this case, the Pig is one of the Chinese zodiac signs - part of Chinese culture and customs - and it is just a soft toy, not food.' -- REUTERS

 

[kingrant]

Oh no, don't start it all over again!

 

[QXD]

They should bring back hello Kitty and let those soft toy suckers stampede and kill themselves in the process

 

[singveld]

so what are they going to do with all those cupid doreamon they ordered from china?

 

[RonRon]

循众要求，麦当劳决定推出小叮当幸运福星系列中的“猪”玩偶，让全套系列收藏更完整。

麦当劳今早分别在《联合早报》以及《海峡时报》，刊登半页的致歉启示，并感谢大众对小叮当幸运福星系列的支持。

不久前，麦当劳以12生肖为主题，推出了小叮当幸运福星系列，结果深受大众欢迎。然而，十二生肖中的猪，却不在系列当中，由丘比特玩偶代替，令人十分费解。

麦当劳解释，这是为了顾及回教徒顾客的感受，所以不让“猪”出现在餐馆内。但许多顾客认为，猪本来就属于12生肖，列入系列当中并无大碍，排除它反而显得不妥。而回教徒顾客对于“猪”玩偶，并不持有任何反对的意见，甚至觉得麦当劳的忧虑是多余的。

顾客们也表示，购买小叮当幸运福星系列最主要的原因就是要收集整套，缺少一个生肖，就失去吸引力了。

生产需要时间　预计4月推出
由于群众反应热烈，麦当劳昨日决定循众要求，推出“猪”玩偶。但碍于大量生产所需要的时间，“猪”玩偶最快也得等到四月中旬时才能面市。

对此，有些顾客表示欢迎，觉得麦当劳有听取大众意见。有些则不以为意。

许小姐（26岁，护士）接受《海峡时报》访问时说：“原本是希望可以在农历新年之前收集全套系列，但现在必须等到四月，也太迟了。”



麦当劳也在道歉启示中呼吁，有兴趣购买“猪”玩偶的人，可以上特设网站投票。网站也设定每人只能投选一次，因此不会出现“灌票”的现象。

麦当劳受询时表示，今早才宣布会推出“猪”玩偶的消息，所以目前未能确定群众反应是否热烈。

每只“猪”玩偶的售价是两元，净收入将全数捐给麦当劳叔叔儿童慈善会。

 

[singveld]

so sinkies have a small victory.

 

[Airlib]

I think Mcdonald's mgmt is just dumb to take out the pig using the excuse that it offend the muslims... So does that means all the departmental stores, shop that sell Winnie the Pooh, piglet soft toy must also pull out all the piglet??

 

[singveld]

I think Mcdonald's mgmt is just dumb to take out the pig using the excuse that it offend the muslims... So does that means all the departmental stores, shop that sell Winnie the Pooh, piglet soft toy must also pull out all the piglet??

hello! winnie the pooh is a bear?

 

[Airlib]

hello! winnie the pooh is a bear?

They also have a character call piglet mah..

 

[singveld]

right, but no one buy piglet soft toy right?